Mushrooms and yeast, for example (5)

I believe the answer is:

fungi

(Other definitions for fungi that I've seen before include "Spore producers" , "life in woodland?" , "Yeast, etc" , "Mushrooms, toadstools etc (5)" , "chanterelles etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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